- Paperback
- Publisher: Washington Square Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671002201
- ISBN-13: 978-0671002206
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 372 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A book like a dream or a reverie,
By Sue Hirst (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Icefields (Paperback)
This is a book I have read more than once. It's not a book you read for the plot (although it does have one) but for the way Wharton uses language and for the images he creates with his words.This is a book that is more dream than novel. It tells the story of a young man who tumbles into a crevasse in a glacier in the Rocky Mountains. Dangling upside down in an icy bluness waiting to be rescued by his climbing companions he sees an angel (identifiable by the wings) frozen into the ice beside him. He is mesmerized, and after his rescue becomes obsessed with the glacier, spending his life climbing it, waiting for it to move down the valley, to melt...to disgorge the angel so he can study it. The story spans many years and follows (loosely) the Victorian exploration and opening up of the Canadian Rockies with a tough-minded lady moutaineer, a doctor, moutain guides, hotel managers etc. impinging in a variety of ways on the young mans life as he waits and grows older. There is a love story embedded in the novel but this is really a tale of obsession. The story floats, dreamlike - mirroring the way the angel 'floats' eternally in the ice. It is not a linear read. I like it but I don't think it's for everyone.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mystical,
By Canadian Reader (Calgary, AB) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Icefields (Paperback)
I read this several years ago when it first came out. I am surprised to see the negative reviews below as this is a superb read. I still remember images the book evoked when I first read it. I remember having a hard time putting it down. This was one of those books I gave to several friends and family members as a gift. And I remember getting all positive reviews back from those I gave it to.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Potential, but ...,
This review is from: Icefields (Paperback)
I decided to read this book right to the end, because I kept thinking that it has got to get better. I found it difficult to follow, wasn't sure who was speaking half the time, and it was never clear (to me, at least) the fascination with regard to the "angel." I didn't enjoy the style of writing at all. The sentences were disjointed and didn't seem to make a link to the next one.The premise was intriguing, so I purchased the book. The potential for it to be a great book was there, but, alas, it didn't happen.
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